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BL
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967491
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b721861
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Health Economics in Development.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: World Bank,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Health, nutrition, and population series
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1 online resource (xviii, 433 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0585495939
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: 0821355708
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: 1280085487
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: 9780585495934
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: 9780821355701
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: 9781280085482
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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What is the minimum a doctor should know about health economics? -- Public and private roles in health. -- The rationale for government intervention in the tobacco market. -- Measurement of equity in health. -- What should consumers in poor countries pay for publicly-provided health services? -- Compensatory finance in health: geographic equity in a federal system. -- An ounce of prevention is worth how much cure? -- DALYs and cost-effectiveness analysis. -- Criteria for public spending on health care. -- Cost-effectiveness and the socialization of health care. -- Is the eradication of polio in the western hemisphere economically justified? -- Cost-benefit analysis of a regional vaccination system. -- Cost-effective malaria control in Brazil. -- Do the poor in Brazil pay more for food? -- Do Brazilian nutrition programs make a difference? -- Economic aspects of food fortification. -- Malnutrition and dietary protein. -- Family health care spending in Latin America. -- Basic patterns in national health expenditure. -- Economic crisis and health policy response.
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Annotation
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Medical economics-- Developing countries.
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Économie de la santé-- Pays en voie de développement.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- General.
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Economia médica.
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Medical economics.
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Promotion de la santé
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Réforme des services de santé
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Santé publique.
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Economics, Medical.
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Économie de la santé
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Developing Countries.
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Developing countries.
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Pays en développement.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/33621/091724
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| LC Classification
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RA410.5.H4133 2004
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| NLM classification
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2004 D-387
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W 74.1H4344 2004
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| Added Entry
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Musgrove, Philip.
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